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Comparing Chihuahua to Other States: 1921 Census
The states of Chihuahua and its western neighbor Sonora had a larger than average percent
of "Blanca" residents in 1921 than other northern Mexican states. They also had much
smaller populations of "pure indigenous" people than their neighbors and much of the rest
of Mexico.
Indígena Mezclada
State
Indígena Pura
(% of Total State
Population)
con Blanca
(% of State
Population)
Blanca
(% of State
Extranjeros sin
distinción de
razas
Population)
(% of State
Population)
Sonora
13.78%
40.38%
41.85%
2.05%
Chihuahua
12.76%
50.09%
36.33%
0.82%
Baja California
7.72%
72.50%
0.35%
19.33%
Sinaloa
0.93%
98.30%
0.19%
0.58%
Durango
9.90%
89.10%
0.01%
0.15%
The Mexican
29.16%
59.33%
9.80%
0.71%
Republic
Classifications: Indígena Pura (Pure Indigenous Origins); Indígena Mezclada con Blanca (Indigenous Mixed with White); Blanca (White);
Extranjeros sin distinction de razas (Foreigners without racial distinction) One percent of the population of the Republic of Mexico chose a
fifth option: "Cualquiera otra o que se ignora la raza" (persons who chose to ignore the question or "other."
Sources: Departamento de la Estadística Nacional, Annuario de 1930: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Tacubaya, Distrito Federal, 1932), pp. 48-
50; Departamento de la Estadistica Nacional, Estados Unidos Mexicanos, "Censos General de Habitantes: 30 de Noviembre de 1921, Estado
de Chihuahua," (Mexico, Distrito Federal: Talleres Graficos de la Nación, 1926), pp. 20, 24.
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